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Do either of your black friends know you invoke their race in internet arguments? I've lived in predominantly black neighborhoods and I've stepped over blood t
by ajamesm 10y ago
Do either of your black friends know you invoke their race in internet arguments?
I've lived in predominantly black neighborhoods and I've stepped over blood trails and crime scene tape to go to work, buddy, if that means credibility to you. I've taken cover during driveby shootings. Safe to say I don't idealize poor, black communities.
My question to you is: what are you going to do about absentee fathers?
If longwinded moralization about family values fixed anything, black communities would all be Beverly Hills by now, but it doesn't, so we have to look at practical and evidence-based approaches, like increasing access to family planning and drug rehab. These are measurable and reliable solutions, whereas the Bill Cosby approach has not yet demonstrated an effect.
These discussions about distressed communities are centered around recognition for identifying one singular problem, rather than holistic approaches to fixing problems in that sphere, so I don't come to HN with high hopes.
Anyway, my regards to your wife and kids.